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Abbreviations ABF Asian Bond Fund ABMI Asian Bond Markets Initiative ACD Asian Cooperation Dialogue ACU Asian currency unit ADB Asian Development Bank AFC Asian Financial Crisis AFTA ASEAN free trade area AMF Asian monetary fund AMU Asian monetary unit APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum ARF ASEAN Regional Forum ASA ASEAN Swap Arrangement ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) ASEAN4 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand ASEAN5 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand (original ASEAN members) ASEAN+3 ASEAN plus China, Japan, and South Korea ASEM Asia-Europe Meeting BIS Bank for International Settlements BOJ Bank of Japan BSAs bilateral swap agreements CMI Chiang Mai Initiative CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies DM deutsche mark xvi Abbreviations ECU European Currency Unit EMEAP Executives’ Meeting of East Asia–Pacific Central Banks EPA economic partnership agreement ERPD Economic Review and Policy Dialogue EVSL Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization FDI foreign direct investment FT Financial Times FTA free trade agreement G7 Group of Seven, an international forum for the governments of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States GAB General Arrangements to Borrow GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GSP Generalized System of Preferences IMF International Monetary Fund JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation METI Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan) MOF Ministry of Finance (Japan) MOFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan) NAB New Arrangements to Borrow NBER National Bureau of Economic Research OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OREI Office of Regional Economic Integration (ADB) PAFTAD Pacific Trade and Development Forum PAIF Pan-Asia Bond Index Fund PBEC Pacific Basin Economic Council PBOC People’s Bank of China PECC Pacific Economic Cooperation Council PTA preferential trade agreement RIETI Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry RMB renminbi ROOs rules of origin SDR Special Drawing Right (IMF) SMEs small and medium-sized enterprises TAC Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia WTO World Trade Organization ...

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